El Lissitzky ‘’Beat the Whites with the Red Wedge’’ (1919) Роза Жукова
‘’Beat the Whites with the Red Wedge’’ is one of Lissitzky's earliest attempts at propagandistic art. He produced this politically charged work in support of the Red Army shortly after the Bolsheviks had waged their revolution in 1917. The red wedge symbolized the revolutionaries, who were penetrating the anti-Communist White Army. Here Lissitzky uses his signature coded color combination of red, white and black, which reinforces the message indicated by the work's title. Colors and shapes take on directly symbolic significance. For example, the smooth, curvilinear walls of the white circle are pierced by the sharp point of the red triangle: the Red Army has pierced the defenses of the White Army. Dramatic color contrasts also create confusion regarding space. Meanwhile, small geometric forms in the limited color scheme float like tiny projectiles through the space along with text. Here, basic forms combine with actual text: painting and typography are fused. This work is an important precursor to Lissitzky's Prouns, when Suprematist art moved onto a three-dimensional visual plain.
Marc Chagall ‘’I and the Village’’ (1911) Диана Шеламова
This early work clearly shows both the Cubist and Fauvist influences at play in Chagall's canvas, yet unlike the works of Picasso or Matisse, Chagall is far more playful and liberal with decorative elements, creating a pastoral paradise out of the Russian countryside. It is an early sign of the approach that would make the artist famous and influential: a blend of the modern and the figurative, with a light, whimsical tone. Chagall depicts a fairy tale in which a cow dreams of a milk maid and a man and wife (one upright, one upside down) frolic in the work fields. Abstraction is at the heart of this work, but it exists to decorate the picture rather than invite analysis of the images.
"On the bookshelf" by Dmitri Annenkov Семеева Анастасия
Short information about painter:
Dmitri Annenkov was born in 1965 in Moscow, Russia.
He graduated from The Academy of Arts (former Institute of Arts after Count Stroganov) as a Member of the Moscow Union of Artists.
His paintings have been shown in different exhibitions and bought by many collectors, in Russia and abroad.
The art of Dmitri Annenkov has earned international recognition while he was still a student at the renowned Stroganov Academy in Moscow. His works are in the major private and corporate collections in Russia. Numerous exhibitions and shows are being organized for his art. It was Dmitri’s painting that was given as a gift by Russian President Vladimir Putin to Edward Shevardnadze – President of Republic of Georgia.
Annenkov’s favorite genre is classic still-life.
He paints almost everything: beginning from teddy-bears and finishing with bottles of wine or beer.
His artworks are different, but they have similar feature – echoes of the past and reflection of typical Russian culture and life.
"On the bookshelf"
I’ll say some words about one of his awesome pictures, called “On the bookshelf”. It is so realistic, that there is a very interesting feeling suddenly arises inside. You want immediately touch all of these things, which, seems, came from your childhood. The artwork brings bitter-sweet memories of the past, the excitement of the meeting with an old friend or wish to hold some of your old toys. It transfers you to the past, just like the time-machine. Teddy, toy airplane, old books - all of them look forgotten on the bookshelf, forgotten in the past. But they’ll always be a good and pleasant memories and symbols of the childhood for all of the people.
Emotional and elegant – would be the words best describing this art.
Some of his similar artworks:
Sergei Marshennikov's works Полина Старцева
Artist Sergei Marshennikov was born in Ufa in 1971. He graduated from the Ufa Art College (now the College of Arts). He draws mostly nude. His muse and wife depicted on many of his paintings. Not long ago, Sergei Marshennikov’s paintings were sold through auctions Christie's of London and Bonham's in Knightsbridge. His works are in a great demand and prices on them are constantly rising. They are Museum of Modern Art (El Paso), in The Grace Museum (Abilene) and in private collections in Russia, England, Denmark, France and Japan, Golden Dreams. Personally I am fond of of “Sleeping Beauty”. I think it wonderful painting full of love, tenderness and adoration to woman. For me, it feels like he’s in love with this woman and wants to depict it, let her see how perfect she is. Sleeping girl is a symbol of tenderness, sensuality and femininity. She is his ideal woman and this soft and sensual painting shows it.
Stanislav Plutenko(Валерия Тюрина)
He was born in 1961 in Moscow. Plutenko is Soviet and modern Russian painter and graphic artist.
He has been fond of drawing and painting since the childhood, but his parents insisted on education in Moscow Automechanical Institute.
But later he graduated from the Moscow University of National Economy, taking lessons in painting from private masters. He defines his style in qoute: «See the extraordinary and make it still more extraordinary». Artist works with a mixed technique employing oil, tempera, acrylic, watercolour in genre of surrealism.
I think from every picture comes very strong energy. Each composition is full of sense of reality thanks to the characters' mimicry, gesture and pose which are well-transferred.
Victor Alimpiev Зайцева Екатерина Victor Alimpiev was born in Moscow in 1973. He graduated from the Art School of Memory of 1905, and the New Art Strategies at the Institute of Contemporary Art in Moscow. Today Victor Alimpiev is one of the most interesting and distinguished figures in contemporary Russian art. His works are included in the collections of such important Russian and Western museums and foundations as the National Center for Contemporary Arts, the Moscow Museum of Modern Art, Tate Modern, MuHKA, MART-Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art Rovereto, Cultural Foundation EKATERINA, Contemporary City Foundation, the Nicola Trussardi Foundation, Sandretto Re Rebaudengo Foundation.
"Birding" by Alexandro Paperno Наталия Гребенкина
There is a new and a very interesting project in the modern art of Alexandra Paperno which is called "BIRDING" It tells how difficult it is to find a way in the modern world full of navigation systems, to find your inward direction that cannot be seen but that reminds of a way that birds accurately follow in the sky. Images of birds, stealing and reappearing in the layers of painterly space, with their contourlike laconic shapes, remind of V-marks left by someone on the margins of a school notebook—seemingly fitting into a certain semiotic system. The surface of the painings is multilayered, paint alternates with thin rice paper, mounted so as to appear translucent. Paper works as a glaze, multiple thin layers create depth, and the subtle tones seep through each other, contributing to the overall shimmering effect—which creates an illusion of beating wings.
Yuri Laptev by Ksu Volodicheva
Yuri Laptev is an inspirational artist from Simferopol,Crimea,Russia.He was born in 1962 in Petropavlovsk
He graduated from the Crimean Art College Samokisha in 1986.He was a participant of different exhibitions such as "Reality and mysticism" (Werkstattgallerie, Heidelberg) 1993,"Children of Perestroika". Museum of Contemporary Russian Art, Jersey, Zalman Gallery, New York 1998, "The Unknown Russia" (Jersey) 1999. His works are dreamy, imaginative and surreal, he has a range of talents which include: Painting, Watercolour, Digital art, Etching and Drawing. His artworld has been featured in many exhibitions and his presence in several art networks has given them a strong art boost of inspiration and creativity.The Crimea in Laptev's hands is transformed into the restoration of the lost memory.
The artist said about his works that it is a flow of time and his impact on reality.For example, all what is created by people - process, geometrically formed, painted glossy over time comes inexorably back to square one, and nature makes it in natural forms. The point is that our nature can’t stand violent things like man-made expansion. All his peaces include sarcasm and irony. The Germans believe his works are related to mystical realism, but Yuri determines the genre as a reflexive realism.
Alex Chernigin (Антонина Ожерельева)
Born in 1975 in Nizhny Novgorod in the family of famous Russian artist Alexander Chernigin. From 1990 to 1994 studied painting and graphic design at Nizhny Novgorod School of Arts. Educated at Nizhny Novgorod State University of Architecture and Civil Engineering. Since 1998 the member of Russia artists' union. Since 2001 the faculty member of “Institute of Humanities and Arts” which is the part of “Nizhny Novgorod State University of Architecture and Civil Engineering”” at “interior design” department. Engaged in painting, drawing, interior design, photography. Regular participant of personal, regional, all-Russian and international expositions. Works are in private and galleries’ collections of Russia and abroad.
El Lissitzky ‘’Beat the Whites with the Red Wedge’’ (1919) Роза Жукова
‘’Beat the Whites with the Red Wedge’’ is one of Lissitzky's earliest attempts at propagandistic art. He produced this politically charged work in support of the Red Army shortly after the Bolsheviks had waged their revolution in 1917. The red wedge symbolized the revolutionaries, who were penetrating the anti-Communist White Army. Here Lissitzky uses his signature coded color combination of red, white and black, which reinforces the message indicated by the work's title. Colors and shapes take on directly symbolic significance. For example, the smooth, curvilinear walls of the white circle are pierced by the sharp point of the red triangle: the Red Army has pierced the defenses of the White Army. Dramatic color contrasts also create confusion regarding space. Meanwhile, small geometric forms in the limited color scheme float like tiny projectiles through the space along with text. Here, basic forms combine with actual text: painting and typography are fused. This work is an important precursor to Lissitzky's Prouns, when Suprematist art moved onto a three-dimensional visual plain.
Marc Chagall ‘’I and the Village’’ (1911) Диана Шеламова
This early work clearly shows both the Cubist and Fauvist influences at play in Chagall's canvas, yet unlike the works of Picasso or Matisse, Chagall is far more playful and liberal with decorative elements, creating a pastoral paradise out of the Russian countryside. It is an early sign of the approach that would make the artist famous and influential: a blend of the modern and the figurative, with a light, whimsical tone. Chagall depicts a fairy tale in which a cow dreams of a milk maid and a man and wife (one upright, one upside down) frolic in the work fields. Abstraction is at the heart of this work, but it exists to decorate the picture rather than invite analysis of the images.
"On the bookshelf" by Dmitri Annenkov Семеева Анастасия
Short information about painter:
Dmitri Annenkov was born in 1965 in Moscow, Russia.
He graduated from The Academy of Arts (former Institute of Arts after Count Stroganov) as a Member of the Moscow Union of Artists.
His paintings have been shown in different exhibitions and bought by many collectors, in Russia and abroad.
The art of Dmitri Annenkov has earned international recognition while he was still a student at the renowned Stroganov Academy in Moscow. His works are in the major private and corporate collections in Russia. Numerous exhibitions and shows are being organized for his art. It was Dmitri’s painting that was given as a gift by Russian President Vladimir Putin to Edward Shevardnadze – President of Republic of Georgia.
Annenkov’s favorite genre is classic still-life.
He paints almost everything: beginning from teddy-bears and finishing with bottles of wine or beer.
His artworks are different, but they have similar feature – echoes of the past and reflection of typical Russian culture and life.
"On the bookshelf"
I’ll say some words about one of his awesome pictures, called “On the bookshelf”. It is so realistic, that there is a very interesting feeling suddenly arises inside. You want immediately touch all of these things, which, seems, came from your childhood. The artwork brings bitter-sweet memories of the past, the excitement of the meeting with an old friend or wish to hold some of your old toys. It transfers you to the past, just like the time-machine. Teddy, toy airplane, old books - all of them look forgotten on the bookshelf, forgotten in the past. But they’ll always be a good and pleasant memories and symbols of the childhood for all of the people.
Emotional and elegant – would be the words best describing this art.
Some of his similar artworks:
Sergei Marshennikov's works Полина Старцева
Artist Sergei Marshennikov was born in Ufa in 1971. He graduated from the Ufa Art College (now the College of Arts). He draws mostly nude. His muse and wife depicted on many of his paintings. Not long ago, Sergei Marshennikov’s paintings were sold through auctions Christie's of London and Bonham's in Knightsbridge. His works are in a great demand and prices on them are constantly rising. They are Museum of Modern Art (El Paso), in The Grace Museum (Abilene) and in private collections in Russia, England, Denmark, France and Japan, Golden Dreams. Personally I am fond of of “Sleeping Beauty”. I think it wonderful painting full of love, tenderness and adoration to woman. For me, it feels like he’s in love with this woman and wants to depict it, let her see how perfect she is. Sleeping girl is a symbol of tenderness, sensuality and femininity. She is his ideal woman and this soft and sensual painting shows it.
Stanislav Plutenko(Валерия Тюрина)
He was born in 1961 in Moscow. Plutenko is Soviet and modern Russian painter and graphic artist.
He has been fond of drawing and painting since the childhood, but his parents insisted on education in Moscow Automechanical Institute.
But later he graduated from the Moscow University of National Economy, taking lessons in painting from private masters. He defines his style in qoute: «See the extraordinary and make it still more extraordinary». Artist works with a mixed technique employing oil, tempera, acrylic, watercolour in genre of surrealism.
I think from every picture comes very strong energy. Each composition is full of sense of reality thanks to the characters' mimicry, gesture and pose which are well-transferred.
Victor Alimpiev Зайцева Екатерина
Victor Alimpiev was born in Moscow in 1973. He graduated from the Art School of Memory of 1905, and the New Art
Strategies at the Institute of Contemporary Art in Moscow. Today Victor Alimpiev is one of the most interesting and
distinguished figures in contemporary Russian art.
His works are included in the collections of such important Russian and Western museums and foundations as the National Center for Contemporary Arts, the Moscow Museum of Modern Art, Tate Modern, MuHKA, MART-Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art Rovereto, Cultural Foundation EKATERINA, Contemporary City Foundation, the Nicola Trussardi Foundation, Sandretto Re Rebaudengo Foundation.
"Birding" by Alexandro Paperno Наталия ГребенкинаThere is a new and a very interesting project in the modern art of Alexandra Paperno which is called "BIRDING"
It tells how difficult it is to find a way in the modern world full of navigation systems, to find your inward direction that cannot be seen but that reminds of a way that birds accurately follow in the sky.
Images of birds, stealing and reappearing in the layers of painterly space, with their contourlike laconic shapes, remind of V-marks left by someone on the margins of a school notebook—seemingly fitting into a certain semiotic system.
The surface of the painings is multilayered, paint alternates with thin rice paper, mounted so as to appear translucent. Paper works as a glaze, multiple thin layers create depth, and the subtle tones seep through each other, contributing to the overall shimmering effect—which creates an illusion of beating wings.
Yuri Laptev by Ksu Volodicheva
Yuri Laptev is an inspirational artist from Simferopol,Crimea,Russia.He was born in 1962 in Petropavlovsk
He graduated from the Crimean Art College Samokisha in 1986.He was a participant of different exhibitions such as "Reality and mysticism" (Werkstattgallerie, Heidelberg) 1993,"Children of Perestroika". Museum of Contemporary Russian Art, Jersey, Zalman Gallery, New York 1998, "The Unknown Russia" (Jersey) 1999. His works are dreamy, imaginative and surreal, he has a range of talents which include: Painting, Watercolour, Digital art, Etching and Drawing. His artworld has been featured in many exhibitions and his presence in several art networks has given them a strong art boost of inspiration and creativity.The Crimea in Laptev's hands is transformed into the restoration of the lost memory.
The artist said about his works that it is a flow of time and his impact on reality.For example, all what is created by people - process, geometrically formed, painted glossy over time comes inexorably back to square one, and nature makes it in natural forms. The point is that our nature can’t stand violent things like man-made expansion. All his peaces include sarcasm and irony. The Germans believe his works are related to mystical realism, but Yuri determines the genre as a reflexive realism.
Alex Chernigin (Антонина Ожерельева)Born in 1975 in Nizhny Novgorod in the family of famous Russian artist Alexander Chernigin. From 1990 to 1994 studied painting and graphic design at Nizhny Novgorod School of Arts. Educated at Nizhny Novgorod State University of Architecture and Civil Engineering. Since 1998 the member of Russia artists' union. Since 2001 the faculty member of “Institute of Humanities and Arts” which is the part of “Nizhny Novgorod State University of Architecture and Civil Engineering”” at “interior design” department. Engaged in painting, drawing, interior design, photography. Regular participant of personal, regional, all-Russian and international expositions. Works are in private and galleries’ collections of Russia and abroad.